I am an Associate Professor in Finance at Maastricht University

"My passion is to understand what motivates individuals to give to charities and to invest not only for financial return but also for social return. In my free time, I enjoy playing improvisation theatre and playing the keyboard.”

Sustainable finance and charitable giving are two key themes of my research and teaching. I also study happiness and preferences for inequality. My papers have been published in the Journal of Finance, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

NWO Veni grant on the motivations of sustainable investors

Paul Smeets has been awarded a research grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The Veni grants are for outstanding researchers who have recently earned their PhD, are...